Hyunjoo Oh

Practice Areas

Capital Markets, Securities, Banking,

Capital Markets Compliance, Derivatives, Capital Markets Disputes,

Asset Management, ESG

Career

● 1999-Present Lee & Ko

● 2023-2025 Member of Public Capital Redemption Fund Operation Council (FSC)

● 2022 External director of SKC

● 2022-Present Member of Advisory Committee of Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation (Financial Industry Division)

● 2020-Present Vice Chair of Banking Law Society of Korea

● 2021 Member of FSC Advisory Board for Electronic Securities

● 2021-2023 Member of KRX CCP Risk Management Committee

● 2021-2023 Ombudsman of KDB

● 2021-Present External Member of KDB Committee to Improve Contract System

● 2019 Member of Blind Fund Manager Selection Committee of Korea Teachers’ Credit Union

● 2019 Member of FSC TF for the amendment of the FSCMA Enforcement Decree

● 2018-2020 Member of Fund Management Committee of Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-Aid Association

● 2017 Deliberation Member of Administrative Guidance of the Financial Supervisory Service

● 2017 Stewardship Code TF, the Financial Services Commission

● 2016-Present Credit Rating Market Evaluation Committee, the Financial Services Commission

● 2016-Present Expert Advisor, LH Int'l Urban Development Cooperation Center

● 2016-2020 Advisory Member, the Financial Advisory Committee, the Financial Supervisory Service

● 2013-2017 Expert Member, Advertisement Review Committee, Korea Financial Investment Association

● 2011-Present Expert Member, the Financial Disputes Mediation Committee, the Financial Supervisory Service

● 2006 Lehman Brothers International(Europe), Seoul Branch

● 1992-1994 Korea Economic Daily

Publications

● Moderating the 2023 Corporate Governance Conference, Session of “A New Look at Board’s Duties and Expertise” (THE NEXT 2023)

● Participating the Industry-university Cooperation Team for the New Foreign Exchange Transactions Act (2022)

● Presentation on Trading of Overseas Shares Focusing on Fractional Trades (Business Law Review of Korea Business Law Association 2021)

● Participating in the Commentary Team (Onju) of the Financial Customer Protection Act (2021)

● Presentation on “ESG Finance” (The NEXT Corporate Governance Conference, Toward Innovations in Corporate Governance, thebell / KCGS, 2021)

● Lecture on ELS and Market Manipulation (Finance Law & Practice Program, Center for Financial & Law, SNU School of Law, 2021)

● Lecture on ISDA Practice (2021, Korea Investment Education Center of KOFIA

● Innovation in Banking Industry and Related Legal Issues, Panel (2020, Joint Forum of Banking Law Society of Korea – Korea Venture Investment)

● Legal Directories: Why General Counsel and Law Firms Work with the Directories, panelist of Law Firm Management Committee session (September 2019, International Bar Association 2019 AGM)

● Round-table Talk Commemorating the 10th anniversary of the FSCMA (September 2019, Business Finance Law , Seoul National University)

● Public Hearing for the Regulatory Improvement of Shareholders Activities by Institutional Investors, participated as a panelist (2019, Korea Institute of Finance)

● Korean TR, Finally and Officially Coming Soon (2019, Legal 500)

● Direction of Financial Regulatory Environment of Korea in 2019: Legislation Supporting Financial Innovation and Reform of Supervisory System (2019, Legal 500)

● Education on the Practice of OTC Derivatives Contracts (Financial Supervisory Service, 2018)

● Presentation on the Transaction Structures in Capital Markets and Related Legal Issues (thebell Financial Academy, 2017, 2018)

● Variations More than You Guess – Korean Capital Markets License Framework Focusing on the Recent Discussions for Mega-Investment Banks (Value Chain, The Monthly Magazine of the Korea Business Leaders Alliance, 2016)

● Korean Regulator, Encouraging Financial Institutions by Relaxing the Chinese Wall Regulations (Legal 500, 2016)

● Review of Korean laws pertinent to Foreign Financial Institutions' Korean business, Korean Business Law (Elgar Korean Law Series, 2012)

● Amendment to Securities Law Expands Registration Statement Requirements (Asialaw Korea Review, April 2007)

● Presentation at ISDA Conference (Korean Regulatory Developments) (2010, Hong Kong)

● Presentation at ISDA Conference (Korean Legal Issues relating to ISDA Agreement) (2010, 2011, Seoul)

● Presentation on Derivatives – Korean Legal Update (2011, IPBA Kyoto)

● Presentation on the Investor Protection under the FSCMA (2009, Korea In-house Counsel Forum)

● Education on ISDA Documentation (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011. Korea Association of Risk Management Professionals)

● Education on ISDA Documentation (2008, Korea Derivatives Market Association)

● Presentation at ISDA Asia Pacific Legal & Regulatory Meeting (FSCMA and Derivatives) (2008, Hong Kong & Singapore)

Personal

Hyunjoo Oh is a leading partner in the Capital Markets Group. She is the head of financial compliance team of Lee & Ko and is an expert in the areas of securities, derivatives, financial and capital markets compliance, foreign exchange regulations and disputes in capital markets.

Ms. Oh has represented the most prestigious corporations, banks and financial institutions and earned a reputation as a brilliant negotiator and strategist in deal structuring. Chambers of Asia and Asialaw named Ms. Oh a leading lawyer in the area of Capital Markets.

During the global financial crisis in 2008 and 2009, Ms. Oh acted as the sole legal counsel to the Bank of Korea for its bilateral currency swap arrangement with the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank (2008) and its multilateral currency swap arrangement with the central banks and finance ministries of ASEAN countries, China and Japan (2009). For her distinguished service to the country, she was honored with official commendations from the Minister of Strategy and Finance on December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2012, respectively.

Having advised on the issuance of Korean sovereign bonds, the first issuance of non-Korean CD, the first-ever issuance of synthetic exchangeable bonds and redeemable convertible preferred shares in Korea, Ms. Oh has been in the forefront of the debt capital market. She is recognized for her ability to structure complex transactions, such as those involving dual currency bonds, going-public bonds and option stripping of synthetic securities.

During the mid-2000s when Korean companies were actively raising capital overseas by issuing equity-related bonds such as convertible bonds, exchangeable bonds and bonds with warrants, Lee & Ko’s Securities & Capital Markets Group consistently recorded the largest market share among Korean legal counsel in deals involving equity-related bonds. In the field of capital market compliance, Lee & Ko has advised both domestic and foreign financial institutions and helped them minimizing legal risk while maximizing business opportunities.

Ms. Oh represented various local financial institutions and companies in relation to the termination of their derivatives transactions with Lehman Brother entities. She also represented major Korean banks in high-profile litigations involving their KIKO contracts with local export-import companies. As a leading authority in the area of derivatives and on behalf of the Korea Options, Swaps & Derivatives Association and the Korea Federation of Banks, she has drafted the Korean standard forms for derivatives transactions. She has engaged in various ISDA negotiations and documentations and advised a number of multinational clients in relation to structuring of derivatives products, including equity options and CLN/CDS/DLS. In addition, she has conducted compliance checks and obtained foreign exchange approvals for derivatives products.

Ms. Oh has been an active participant at ISDA conferences representing Lee & Ko as a member firm of the ISDA. She is contributing her knowledge to the industry as an advisory member of the Financial Advisory Committee at the Financial Supervisory Service, an expert member of the Financial Disputes Mediation Committee at the Financial Supervisory Service, and a member of Advertisement Review Committee at Korea Financial Investment Association.

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